Asbestos fiber content of lungs with diffuse interstitial fibrosis an analytical scanning electron microscopic analysis of 249 cases

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 457-461

  Schneider, Frank ^a   Sporn, Thomas A ^a   Roggli, Victor L ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; MINERAL FIBER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASBESTOSIS; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG FIBROSIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASBESTOS; ASBESTOSIS; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MIDDLE AGED; MINERAL FIBERS; PULMONARY FIBROSIS;

EID: 77749318548     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: 15432165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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